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Terrorist Convoys Increasingly Targeted in Syrian and Russian Air Strikes

Salem-News.com Foreign Affairs

Supply convoys are going up in flames in Syria.

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Russian warplanes struck convoys Friday that were crossing from Turkey into Syria, 30 tankers were targeted in one convoy; 20 were carrying oil. Other trucks were carrying logistical aide to terrorists. The trucks were all completely destroyed during that air raid.

Xinhua reports. Terrorist news sources confirmed that dozens of Takfiri terrorists were killed and wounded in the attack, and the injured were taken to Turkey for treatment.

Jaish al-Islam Faces Horror of Russian Air Strikes in Syria

Salem-News.com Foreign Affairs

Terrorist organizations say they will advance into the districts of Damascus and use the civilian area as a shield for their units and forces.

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According to one of the commanders of the terrorist group Ajnad al-Sham, anti-Assad fighters in the east of Damascus including Jaysh al-Islam terrorists, are voicing their concerns about the use of sophisticated weapons by Russian fighters.

Members of the different terrorist organizations say they intend to advance into the districts of Damascus and use the civilian area as a shield for their units and forces.

Russia Bans Food Imports; UN Fears Ukraine Invasion

Salem-News.com Staff

The war of economic sanctions has escalated even as fighting has intensified on the ground in eastern Ukraine.

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Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vegetables from Europe, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, a sweeping response to Western sanctions imposed over its support for rebels in Ukraine.

The measures will hit consumers at home who rely on cheap imports, and on farmers in the West for whom Russia is a big market. Moscow is by far the biggest buyer of European fruit and vegetables and the second biggest importer of U.S. poultry.

Belgium Into World Cup Round of 16 With Win

Salem-News.com Sports

Belgium’s innate commitment to attack was evident during the opening exchanges.

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Belgium ensured a berth in the Round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup with a last-gasp 1-0 victory over Russia in Rio de Janeiro courtesy of another substitute goal, this time from Divock Origi.

With 120 seconds remaining of a Group H encounter that had largely failed to spark in front of an expectant home crowd, the 19-year-old combined with Eden Hazard, who raced to the by-line and pulled back for his younger colleague to thrash into the roof of the net.

Everybody`s Got Afghanistan Wrong

Dave Swanson Salem-News.com

We find here a story of a bumbling oblivious and uncomprehending foreign occupation torturing and murdering a lot of its own strongest allies, shipping some of them off to Gitmo -- even shipping to Gitmo young boys whose only offense had been being the sexual assault victims of U.S. allies.

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This goes deeper than the usual war lies.

We've had plenty of those. We weren't told the Taliban was willing to turn bin Laden over to a neutral nation to stand trial. We weren't told the Taliban was a reluctant tolerator of al Qaeda, and a completely distinct group. We weren't told the 911 attacks had also been planned in Germany and Maryland and various other places not marked for bombing.

Why Hasn`t The U.S. Gone After Gazprom?

John C.K. Daly Salem-News.com

Gazprom has already warned that further Western sanctions could disrupt gas exports to Europe.

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Amidst the deepening war of words over Moscow's annexation of Crimea, U.S. President Barack Obama on April 28 added more Russian individuals and companies to a sanctions list that already included influential members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and Bank Rossiya, which has close ties to the Russian leadership.

The new list freezes the assets of Igor Sechin, head of Russia's major oil company, Rosneft, six other individuals and 17 companies.

West Pushes World to Brink of WWIII: Analyst

A political analyst has warned against the ramifications of the Western countries’ indiscreet policies that can push the world to the brink of a third world war.

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In a Friday interview with Press TV, Tim King lashed out at NATO for acting as the US proxy across the world.

“These Western countries, their lack of discretion with military targets, it’s just horrifying,” the commentator said, adding, “It just seems like we are marching toward this inevitable third world war that could so easily be avoided by just letting nations handle their own affairs.”

Putin is Losing Eastern European Energy Gamble

Daniel J. Graeber for Salem-News.com

Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said the economic situation in the country in part depends on how the Ukrainian crisis plays out.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he doesn't think the European community can do without the natural gas it gets from energy monopoly Gazprom. With a Russian economy starting to decline, however, it may be Gazprom that's too strongly interconnected to the European market to break free.

The narrative over European energy security reaches at least back to 2006 when Gazprom first cut gas supplies through Ukraine.